A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, in the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794; Containing the Various Circumstances of the Embassy, with Accounts of Customs and Manners of the Chinese, and A Description of the Country, Towns, Cities, &c. &c. London, printed for J. Debrett, 1795.

Author: ANDERSON, ®NEAS:
Title: A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, in the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794; Containing the Various Circumstances of the Embassy, with Accounts of Customs and Manners of the Chinese, and A Description of the Country, Towns, Cities, &c. &c. London, printed for J. Debrett, 1795.
Description: . 4to. Pp. xxiv, 278, appendix (26). Contemporary half calf, flat spine with red title label, worn. Bookplate on front pastedown (Gustaf Bonde). Copy of Ericsberg. First edition of Anderson's account of the first British embassy to Beijing headed by Earl Macartney. Anderson was Macartney's personal servant during the expedition. Partly with some minor staining. Cordier 2386. Lust 497. Löwendahl, Sino-Western Relations, 635.

Keywords: East Asia, china, kina, chinese, chine, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,

Price: EUR 900.00 = appr. US$ 978.16 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 99694

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